Diabetes in Primary Care Course
NERS Presentation
March 2014
Kevin Russell
NERS Coordinator RCT
Scheme Overview
Background Information
• Welsh Government (WG) funded scheme
•Working in Partnership with Welsh Local
Government Association, local authorities,
Public Health Wales and local health boards
•NERS has been in development since 2006
•Targets clients who are at risk of developing
chronic disease by providing access to a high
quality supervised exercise programme
Aim Of NERS
• To increase the long term participation in
physical activity of clients
• To improve physical and mental health of
clients
• To offer a systematic and safely controlled
system of referral to exercise
How it works
Scheme Detail
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2 Activity Sessions per week
Discounted entry (Currently £1.50)
Group based sessions
Operates from Leisure Centres
Types of
Group classes
•Functional Fitness/Easy Circuits
•Gym Taster
•Aqua Gym/ Aqua Aerobics
•Zumba
•Bowls
•Walking/Nordic Walking
•Chair Aerobics
NERS DATA
• 8% of referrals to Merthyr have Diabetes as
one of the reasons for referral and 10% in RCT
• Total referrals to NERS across Cwmtaf is
2,436 v Target 2,520
• 60% female referred to RCT 67% female
referred to Merthyr
• 60% Completion
Feedback
• The classes are helping me regain confidence in myself,
which over the past couple of years had been lost.
• I have no negatives about the whole scheme, everything
is positive and I look forward to the classes.
•The first time I attended I was very nervous due to being in
a class among people I didn’t know and soon made friends
and value this experience.
Thank you / Diolch
Kevin Russell
RCT Exercise Referral Coordinator
E: Carla.Jackson@merthyr.gov.uk. Kevin.Russell@rctcbc.gov.uk